Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-16
THOUSAND ISLANDS.
A Clever Description of This Resort Byan Ar
kansan-lts Points Of Interest and Delightful
Attractions

A Clever Description of This Resort Byan Ar
kansan-Its Points Of Interest and Delightful
Attractions
| Arkansas Gszette
The Thousand Islands are about 65
miles from 0swege, n. Y, and can be
reached by first going by railrosd to
| Clayton and then from there you take
| steamer to the Islands, or by taking
steamer direct to the Islands. The
former route is the quickest and you can
See more sights, bat for a beautiful sea
ride would prefer the latter. After ar
| irving at the Islands and gazing upon
them with smazement and curiosity,
went to hotel and enjoying a good meal
| l took the steamer which is called the
Island Nanderer," and rode among the
Islands. We are now travelling on the
st. Lawrence river, and can hardly real
iZe where we are. As has Justly been said
the st. Lawrence is the monarch of
rivers. The largest body of fresh water
on the earth's surface constitute its
sources of supply. Scattered along its
whole length are numerous islands, whose
veried aspects and formations, as well as
the constantly changing appearance of
its banks, presents every variety of nat
ural scenery TO the voyagsr upon the
waters. The islands vary IN size from 8
few feet in diameter to many miles in e1-
tent, and was originally called by old
French and Canadian voyager. "the
Lake of Thousand Islands," The num-
Der of the islands is often asked, and 1,
myself, asked the question, and was told
that they were commonly estimated to be
| about
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED,
and on account of the uncertainty the
name of Thousand Islands was therefore
adopted.
The "Island Wanderer" was built and
arranged for the express purpose of af-
fordlng the best way for visiting the
scenery among the islands. OF course
every island is not visited by this steamer
but 1t takes Us to the more prominent
features or the most interesting portions.
To see these islands better would be TO
engage steam yacht, but people very
seldom do this, as they are satisfied with
what they see on the steamer. Besides
you can see much more of the scenery
from the steamer but many more little
sights from the steam yachts. No one
who visits the Thousand Islands should
fail to take trip on the LELAND
Wanderer," and each trip that We take is
more delightful than the other. The trip
proper, however, commences at the vii
lage of Alexandria Bay. which seems tc
be sort of central headquarters of the
movem ents of summer life among the
islands.
Still it is true that hundreds who have
reached only some of the upper parks
think that they have seen all of the
Thousand Islands when thsy have never
! +ha ,h A.
most charming of all their summer re-
sorts. 1 could not begin to make de
description of Alexandria Bay, as it i.
such grand place. 1t contains some OF
the grandest hotels and summer resi-
dences to be fornd in the United States
The finest hotel there is the Thousand
Island house. The owners of this hote
also own the Hotel Brunswick, which is
located in New York city. This village
/ was selected and
SURVEYED IN 1904
for gentleman by the name of jaime:
, LIE Kay de Chaumont, who was the son o.
a French nobleran. He became tn,
owner of extensive tracts of land, and ht
was the cause of this town, and man,
, Others being permanently settled. H,
: gave many of these places his name ant
, tiful place "Alexandria Bay" was named
: after his son Alexandria. This place wa
, also chosen for port of entry for tn,
adjoining country, being the only har
Dor easily accessible between Clayton
and Morristown, distance of thirty-fou
miles. Many thousands of bushels O
grain and packages of dairy products
, found their way to different market.
. over its wharves. The Manhattan Island
on which are the beautiful summer resi-
{ dences of Judge James Spencer of New
; York City, and also of j. l.. Hasbrouck
1t is by far the largest and central islant
, of quite little group, which is known a
Manhattan group" some of which ar
connected by rustic bridges, and presen
one of the grandest sights l ever beheld
, There are also many other islands, but
will mention only three more. Til,
, Friendly island, which is owned by som,
gentlemen from New York City, who pur
, chased 1t some years since, as was thought
for purposes of improvement, but TO
{ some reason 1t has never been done
, just between this island and Rye island
peeps out an unpretendipg little cottage
, that you can hardly see except by clos,
observation. Next comes Cherry island
on the left, which had a small, rough cot
tage erected upon it as early as 1860
which has been used since then for
J CAMPING PARTIES.
Later on two other and better houses wer,
built. The upper and smaller cottage il
called Sunnyside, and is owned by Georg,
Rockwell, of New York city. This is
: very beautiful place; the last is Warner
island. This is the property of H. II
Warner, who is well-known in Rochester
n. Y. This is also a very beautiful is
land, but | will refrain from discussing
, their beauties any further. Next comes
the parks of which there is quite mum
Der. First comos Edgewood park
which is beautiful tract of thirty acre.
! laid out with three miles of finely graded
driveway, commanding the finest views up
: on the river. Edgewood is just above
, Alexandria Bay, and is reached by a two
minutes row, and also by drive of twice
that time. 1t is private family park
and the club numbers among its mem
| bers some of the most prominent ano
best families in the country, who arr
from different cities and towns of tn,
United States, it is being understood thai
wealth is not exactly required TO member
, ship, but that social worth and family
standing are. Large stables are also pro
vided, and driving is a main feature Of
, this attractive place. Next is Contra